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Buy your dessert course at Sanabel Bakery Offline map Google map ( 5am-mid-
night) , which sells a delicious range of Arab sweets around the corner from Rum Internet.
After a hot day's hiking in Petra, it's hard to resist a Swiss ice cream (JD2.500) from
the foyer coffeehouse of the Mövenpick Hotel.
If you're climbing the hill between the Petra Visitor Centre and Shaheed roundabout,
you might like to stop at the Land of Peace Shop Offline map Google map (
079-5738934; 8am-midnight) , a halfway house with a small craft shop, cafe with seat-
ing on the pavement, and four clean loos!
The cheapest places to eat are around Shaheed roundabout and Sanabel bakery. Most
are similar in menu and price. More midrange options with a wider selection of dishes are
near the entrance to Petra. Fine dining is confined to the five-star hotels.
Al-Saraya Restaurant$$$
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( 2157111; lunch/dinner JD18/JD22; ) Serving a top-notch international buf-
fet in an elegant banquet hall, this fine-dining restaurant offers a quality of dishes that
matches the general opulence of the Mövenpick Hotel in which it is located. Leave time
for a nightcap in the magnificent, wood-panelled bar afterwards which often sports a roar-
ing fire in the hearth.
INTERNATIONAL
Sahtain$$$
( 2150111; buffet JD20; ) This delightful terrace restaurant at the Taybet Zaman
is as much an experience as a seriously tasty supper. With cavernous, vaulted interior, the
restaurant specialises in traditional Arabic and international home-cooked specialities.
Simpler fare for lunch includes the chef's salad (JD4). The dinner buffet allows the
chance to try a variety of local favourites, including more than 20 different salads.
JORDANIAN, INTERNATIONAL
JORDANIAN
Red Cave Restaurant$$
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( 2157799; starters JD1, mains from JD5; 9am-10pm) Cavernous and friendly, this
restaurant specialises in local Bedouin specialities including mensaf (lamb on a bed of rice
topped with a lamb's head) and maqlubbeh (steamed rice with meat, grilled tomato and
pine nuts). It's a popular travellers' meeting point and a cosy place to come on a chilly
evening or to catch the breeze on a hot summer's day.
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